Local Roundup -- Published Nov. 16, 2012

McNair product Briana Vaden scored a team-high 13 points to help Delta College open the Lady Hawk Classic at Los Positas College in Livermore with an 84-43 win over Lassen on Thursday to advance to today's tournament semifinals.

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Posted Nov. 16, 2012 at 12:01 AM

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Posted Nov. 16, 2012 at 12:01 AM

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McNair product Briana Vaden scored a team-high 13 points to help Delta College open the Lady Hawk Classic at Los Positas College in Livermore with an 84-43 win over Lassen on Thursday to advance to today's tournament semifinals.

Lisa Valentine, Karleasha Thompson and Jenifer Keys each added 10 points for the Mustangs, who improved to 2-0. Hayley Shaffer led the Cougars (0-2) with a game-high 17 points.

Delta will play either Los Medanos or Reedley College at 5 p.m. today for the right to play in the tournament championship.

East Union senior Jordan Kron signed a national letter of intent with UC Riverside for baseball on Wednesday. According to MaxPreps, Kron, a third baseman and pitcher, batted .286 with nine extra-base hits, including one home run, with 17 RBI, and went 4-4 with a 1.43 earned run average in 10 starts last season for coach Dan Triglia. ... McNair's Pablo Nikko and Jaden Alsop signed with Northwest Missouri for baseball on Thursday. According to MaxPreps, Pablo batted .382 with eight RBI, and went 6-2 in 14 appearances with a 2.59 ERA last season for coach Quincey Noble. Alsop hit .476 with 14 extra-base hits, including three home runs, and had a team-high 19 RBI. He also went 4-3 in 13 appearances and had a 3.35 ERA.

Turlock Christian guard Hailey Bergman signed a letter of intent with Pacific women's basketball on Wednesday. As a junior, Bergman averaged 24.4 points, 4.3 assists and 4.4 points per game for the Eagles, the Sac-Joaquin Section's Division V runners-up.

"I really liked the coaching staff, I liked the team, I liked the way they play," Bergman said. "I was really happy they're moving to the West Coast Conference my freshman year because I really wanted to play in the WCC."

Merced High's Alison Miller is set to sign today with UOP water polo. An attacker and 2-meter defender for the Bears, she has a 3.21 GPA and has three Advanced Placement courses. She intends to major in pre-law at Pacific, and was a first-teamer on the section Division I water polo team. She has competed in the Junior Olympics the past five years and has earned most valuable player honors from the Central California Conference the past three years in a row.

- Rich Estrada, Modesto Bee

Sonora High outside hitter Mariah Armstrong led the Wildcats to a share of the Valley Oak League volleyball championship, and the league's coaches recently honored her as the VOL's most valuable player.